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Could Microsoft Bully Big Blue? Microsoft wanted IBM's own software banned fromits PCs, exec says.by Patrick Thibodeau, IDG News Service June 8, 1999, 5:40 p.m. PT Microsoft urged IBM to remove its own software from IBM PCs, an IBM executive testified Microsoft antitrust trial. But Microsoft countered that indealings with Big Blue, the software developer is notthe giant.Microsoft offered IBM a cheaper Windows license if the hardware manufacturer agreed to not bundle SmartSuite, marketed by IBM's Lotus Development subsidiary, as well as to drop Netscape Navigator, said Garry Norris, now program director of IBM's Network and Hardware Division. Norris had handled licensing negotiations with Microsoft for several years and testified Tuesday as a witness for the U.S. Departmentof Justice in its antitrust case against Microsoft.In a meeting on March 6, 1997, Microsoft outlined a plan to give IBM favorable Windows licensing conditions if it made its PC systems "neutral" by dropping all software that competed with Microsoftproducts But Microsoft's attorneys offered a picture of IBM asthe dominant force in the industry. IBMearned $81.7 billion in revenue last year, its fourth straight year of record earnings, compared with Microsoft's $145 billion, said Microsoft attorney Rick Pepperman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glass fibers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thin glass fiber carries light with encoded data Plastic jacket allows fiber to bend (some!) without breaking Fiber is very clear and designed to reflect light internally for efficient transmission Light emitting diode (LED) or laser injects light into fiber Light sensitive receiver at other end translates light back into data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Radio | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data transmitted using radio waves Energy travels through the air rather than copper or glass Conceptually similar to radio, TV, cellular phones Can travel through walls and through an entire building Can be long distance or short distance Long distance with satellite relay Short distance - wireless computer network
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